How To Create Conditional Images In Microsoft Word

November 18, 2010

You can put Conditional Images in Microsoft Word documents, so that when a user performs one action, an image appears. This saves you having to create two pieces of text for each condition. Why Create Conditional Images In Microsoft Word Let’s say you have a User Guide and you want to show different images depending [...]

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Sample Corporate Social Media Policy

October 22, 2010

If you need a Corporate Social Media Policy document to get started, use this template. It outlines most of the steps you need to write your first set of Corporate Social Media Policy guidelines. Purpose of this Corporate Social Media PolicyThis policy governs all information sharing and commentary on Social Media by employees of your [...]

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How To Count the Number of Words in Footnotes

October 21, 2010

Yesterday, we showed you how to count the number of words in your documents. To do this, we used Microsoft Word’s Word Count tool to count the text.

But, how about if you want to go a bit deeper and count the number of words in footers, headers, or footnotes?

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Use AutoCorrect To Write Documents Faster in Microsoft Word

October 17, 2010

If you’re reading this post, you’re probably looking for some way to get those documents written that little bit faster, get those emails finished, and get the newsletter out the door before you go home.

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How To Count the Number of Words in MS Word Documents

October 15, 2010

If you want to know how many words are in your document, then use the Microsoft Word Word Count tool to count them for you.

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How To Insert the Document Name in MS Word’s Header or Footer?

October 13, 2010

If you write for a living, you’ll want your documents to look at professional as possible. I use the Header and Footer section to include content that makes the document look more professional, have more use to the reader, and ultimately makes my material look better than other writers.

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How To Insert Your Chapter & Paragraph Titles into MS Word’s Footer

October 11, 2010

I use the Header and Footers in my documents to add information that helps readers navigate through the report, see when it was written, and also its date, status, and page count.

You can add an incredible amount of information into the Header and Footers. Here are some ways to add in the Document Title, for instance, My Shiny New Annual Report, into the footer.

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17 Email Marketing Mistakes To Avoid

October 2, 2010

In the last sixteen years, email has helped me win more business than any other tool. It’s turned cautious readers into enthusiastic buyers. It’s brought in prospective customers from the edge and driven repeat traffic to the money pages. Here are some of the mistakes I’ve made and how to get around them. Emails Mistakes [...]

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How Much Should You Pay For a 500 Word Article?

October 2, 2010

I’m curious. How much would you pay me to write a 500 word article for you? Ok. I don’t do freelance work at the moment. But, if I did, how would you go about it?One way to scale your internet business is to outsource writing tasks to Virtual Assistants and Freelancers. The upfront cost (payment) [...]

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Warren Buffett Business Plan Writing Tips

October 2, 2010

‘The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.’ Warren Buffett From: http://ping.fm/Pcc9D via Ping.fm Posted via email from Small Business Strategies

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How to Get Started on Your First Business Plan

October 1, 2010

Writing a Business Plan can be intimidating at first. There is so much to cover and it’s difficult to know where to start. One suggestion is to prepare yourself to go forward. What do I mean? From: http://ping.fm/sJQy5 via Ping.fm Posted via email from Small Business Strategies

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Get Started with Business Process Design

September 15, 2010

At the end of the workshop, our client confessed, ‘I didn’t know our business worked like that’. We’d came onsite and over three months mapped out the processes in his Finance, Sales and Operations Depts. For me, one of the most rewarding aspects of Business Analysis is discovering how a business works and then mapping [...]

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Content Creation & Using Cards To Index, Organize and Plan Websites

August 11, 2010

This short article gives some insight into how Information Architecture is used when developing websites. So, for those of who want to retain your writing skills and move into web-facing career, maybe Information Architecture is worth exploring. One of the alternative careers I’ve considered as a Technical Writer is Information Architecture. Information Architecture is worth [...]

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How to Reduce Huge Microsoft Word Documents

August 10, 2010

Last week we showed you how Bullet Lists can crash MS Word documents, especially if you cut and paste from several different documents. We outlined some techniques to reduce the file size, mostly by creating pre-formatted bullet lists and re-creating bullet lists the correct way.

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How to Stop Your SOP Procedure Templates From Crashing

August 1, 2010

Post by Ivan Walsh. Follow me on Twitter. Is there anything worse than writing Standard Operating Procedures  all afternoon and then… Word crashes! If your Microsoft Word files suddenly become huge and start crashing, here’s one way to fix it. I’ve creating some very large SOPs in Microsoft Word and learnt a few ways to [...]

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